Kitchen is a sacred place, and this is where all the magic happens. It is vital for you to keep the place polished at all times. You wouldn’t want your food to be contaminated by any kind of dirt or microorganism. This could lead you to fall very sick.
Cleaning the area wouldn’t be a difficult task anymore as it has been made easy with this how to guide for your healthy kitchen. If you read each and every section written here carefully, you’ll soon find your kitchen looking very neat and tidy.
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How to Clean Grease off Kitchen Walls
The cooking bit is really not the annoying part, all hell breaks loose when it’s time to clean up the aftermath especially taking grease off of the walls. While range hoods do a good job at removing airborne grease, this unit also requires to be freed from this icky oil.
Here are a number of ways you can get the job done easily:
Baking Soda
Put the things that you already have at home to use. Take some baking soda, pour some hot water over it and mix it up until it turns into a paste. After that, dip a sponge into the mixture and start scrubbing the walls. Only stop when the grease has come off.
One helpful tip would be to add a small portion of water and dishwashing soap to the paste. We are certain that this will help you a lot.
Lemon
Put the things that you already have at home to use. Take some baking soda, pour some hot water over it and mix it up until it turns into a paste. After that, dip a sponge into the mixture and start scrubbing the walls. Only stop when the grease has come off.
One helpful tip would be to add a small portion of water and dishwashing soap to the paste. We are certain that this will help you a lot.
Degreaser
Put the things that you already have at home to use. Take some baking soda, pour some hot water over it and mix it up until it turns into a paste. After that, dip a sponge into the mixture and start scrubbing the walls. Only stop when the grease has come off.
One helpful tip would be to add a small portion of water and dishwashing soap to the paste. We are certain that this will help you a lot.
How To Fix A Gurgling Kitchen Sink
The first thing to do when you hear a gurgling kitchen sink is to check whether or not the vent somehow got blocked or not. If this is not the case, see if your drainage system has become clogged or blocked. The right thing to do in such a situation would be to clean up the p-trap.
Also, do flush the sink frequently. This should also help to fix any gurgling noises. Lastly, you can clear up your main vent. A lot of problems are usually linked to a clogged central vent.
How to Get Rid of Sugar Ants in the Kitchen
There is nothing more disgusting than finding insects in your kitchen. These are the things you can do to get rid of them once and for all:
- Non-repellent insecticides
- Ant baits
- Closing all the possible entrance through which they can enter the house
- Spritzing white vinegar over the places they move around
In all honestly, the first two options are the most effective ones and will help you to eradicate these sugar ants from your kitchen for good.
How Do I Get Rid of Ants on My Kitchen Counter?
Ants have an affinity towards the kitchen. Your job here is to stop them from coming close to your counter. Want to know how? Well, you first have to pour about one cap of dishwasher soap into a spray bottle. Put water in it and mix it properly.
Now, when you spot ants in your kitchen counter, spray them with the mixture and wait for a couple of minutes. Just use a towel to get rid of them from the place after that.
How to Get Rid of Cockroaches in Kitchen Cabinets
Do you know what’s worse than ants in your kitchen? COCKROACHES. Not even one cockroach should be seen there. It is very unhygienic as a lot of pathogens travel with them.
Borax powder will have to become your best friend if you want to get rid of these pests. Put it all over your kitchen cabinets. Do this till the day you don’t see any cockroaches around.
How to Remove Turmeric Stains from Kitchen Counter
Turmeric is a daily ingredient in many households and especially South-Asian ones. While this is a very useful item, but the stains it leaves behind don’t want to seem to go away.
The best way to avoid getting that ugly yellow stain is to wipe it right after spilling it over the counter. But if you are too late, the warm water and baking soda paste should do the trick.
Keep scrubbing the area until the yellow stain disappears.
How to Make Kitchen Cabinets Shine
Your first resort shouldn’t be harsh chemicals. We would suggest you first go for the baking soda and warm water paste that we have discussed before. You could also make the place shiny with the help of only dish soap and water. The cleaning utensils you need to get the job done nicely are brushes, towels, rags, and sponges. After that, all you need to do is scrub, scrub, and scrub.
How to Get Rid of Stinky Sink
Your first resort shouldn’t be harsh chemicals. We would suggest you first go for the baking soda and warm water paste that we have discussed before. You could also make the place shiny with the help of only dish soap and water. The cleaning utensils you need to get the job done nicely are brushes, towels, rags, and sponges. After that, all you need to do is scrub, scrub, and scrub.
How to Brighten a Dark Kitchen
You spend a good time of your day in the kitchen and it just doesn’t feel right to cook in a dull and dark kitchen. That can be rectified immediately by doing these things:
- Put in more light fixtures and bulbs.
- The bulbs should be brighter.
- Mirrors- They make the room seem bigger than it is
- Get metallic pieces in your kitchen so that light can be reflected
- Adding attractive frames with a lot of colors in them
- Get Pendant lights
How to Keep Your Cat off the Kitchen Counter
Neither is it hygienic nor is it safe for your beloved cat to hang around in the kitchen. Cats get startled easily, so use that as an advantage and put foil on the kitchen countertops. Once they jump on top of it, the foil will create a sound that might frighten them.
This way, they will be scared to come near that area again.
How to Unclog a Kitchen Sink Drain with Standing Water
To remove standing water, these are the methods you can do:
- Pour down a kettle full of boiling water down the sink
- With a sink full of hot water, plunge up and down many times to remove the blockage
- Again, put baking soda, warm water, and vinegar to use.
- Clear out the P-trap as soon as possible
Although you can do all these things to clear out your drain, prevention is better. Don’t throw fat, meat, fruits, eggshells, chewing gums, etc. down the drain as these are the main culprits behind the clogging.
How to Adjust Kitchen Cabinet Doors That Won’t Close
When your cabinet doors won’t close, primarily they may be two problems; one with the internal spring and the other is hinges.
Now, the main issue that arises for springs is that it may have too much tension. Screwdrivers will come in handy in this case. Rotate the two screws clockwise and keep opening and closing the door to see if the problem has been fixed. If the tension becomes adjusted, the issue will go away.
Moving on to hinges, the bent ones are the ones that cause the problems. So, you have to bend the good hinge only a little so that it matches with the already bent one.
How to Fix a Dishwasher That Won’t Drain
There are solutions to all kinds of problems. Check the following to discover how to fix a dishwasher that won’t drain.
- Check to see if detergents caused the clogged and clear it up.
- Standing water should be eliminated at all times.
- Clear out the garbage disposal.
- Clean up the drain hose and the drain basket
- Change the drain hose if needed
- Your last option is to call for the plumber if the dishwasher won’t drain at all
How to Get Sticky Grease off Pans
Place your pan on top of the sink and give it a good cleanse with warm water. Then add white vinegar and a few spoons of salt to it and begin scrubbing it with a sponge.
Word of advice, you should clean up your pan right after you have prepared something oily on it. It would be a smoother process like that.
Conclusion
All have been covered here, from pans to kitchen walls. Be sure to do everything we have asked you to do. If you follow this how to guide for your healthy kitchen by heart, your kitchen will look so good!
Now, it’s time for you to bring out all your cleaning items and get to work.
Now, it’s time for you to bring out all your cleaning items and get to work.